Improved bread-cutter



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Leners Patent No. 65,441, dem Juive 4, 1867:

IMPRGVED BREADGUTTER.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

De it known that I, S. D. SIMMGNS, of Brooklyn, E, D., in the county ofKings, :ind Stute of New York, have invented n new and improvedBread-Cutting Machine, und that the following description, token inconnection with the accompanying drawings, hereinafter referred to,forms :t fnll and exoct specification of the naine, wherein I have setiorth the notnrc and principles of my scid improvements by which myinvention may be distinguislied from :ill others of a. simihtr class,together with such parts as I claim, and desire to have secured to me byLetters Potent.

This invention relates to n new :ind improved device for cutting bread,and is an improvement onn machine for the same purpose for which LettersPatent were granted to me bearing date July 25, "1865.

The object of the present invention is to simplify the construction ofthe machine, reduce the cost ot' manufacture, :ind render it capable oi'being operated with tur greater facility than hitherto. In theaccompanying sheet of' drawingsl Figure l is a plan or top view of myinvention.

Figure 2, a. vertical section of the same, token in the line x z, iig.1.

Figure 3, a vertical section of the suine, taken in the line y y, fig.l.

Similar letters of reference indicate like ports.

A represents a, rectangular box in which there is a vertical partition,a, to divide it into two compartiments b', one ofl which, b', is coveredat the top, and has o. space, e, allowed between the inner edge oi' thetop or cover Z and the upper edge oi' the partition a to a-llow theknife B to work through. `The knife B has a. curved edge, its shownclearly in iig. 2, p rovided with n handle, C, at one ond, :ind hin-ing:i bnr, D, attached to its opposite end about :it right angles, whichbnr is provided with pivots e, the lutter working in bearings f, one ofwhich is secured to the cover d, and the other to the top of thepartition a, (see figs. 1 and E is :t gouge or stop attached to theinnerside of the compartment I; oi Vthe box A to regulate the thicknessof' the slices oi' brood to he cut.

The bread is placed on the top or cover d, :1nd is adjusted against thegauge or stop E, und the knife B- bionght down through it to out oit' e.slice which falls into the compartment Z1, one slice being ont at a.time. The bnr D, it will be seen, admits ot' the knife B having o.ir-.Living cut, ztnd opn-vrziting with e fncility, fnr more so than it'it were pivoted so that its edge would work rodinlly from o centre. Thecompartment b/ receives zthe knife as it is brought down and prevents itfrom coming in contact with any of the slices of breed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim us new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The box A, provided with two compartments Z1 b', incombination with the knife B, having the bnr D attached at about rightangles, with pivots c nt its end to work in bearings f, and n slit orspace, c, allowed :it the top of the box {"or the knife it is broughtdown to work into the conipnrtment b', substantially ns und for thepurpose specified.

S. D. SIMMONS.

Witn cases:

WM. F. McNAMAm. ALEX. F. Renners.

